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She's got a big nose!

He just cashed in on his most conspicuous attribute — the ability to make a stock villain work, no matter what — too many times in a row. The Professional/The Fifth Element/Lost in Space/Air Force One etc.

Aaron Paul! All the time!

RoboCop is vastly superior to Total Recall.

"I HAD TO KILL Bob Morton…"

"Competent killing machine" refers to the previous episode, wherein it was revealed that Carl had a notable talent for zombie-killing en masse.

The Negan story is awesome even though it's painfully clear that it's just the Governor turned up to eleven (because Kirkman wants a do-over) (understandably).

Rebecca Pidgeon's up there with Sofia Coppola (amongst awful nepotism cases).

Right, but at least when he gets onto a serious topic he's not, like, standing around in a tuxedo acting "naughty" with a bunch of gushing women around him going, "Oh, Mr. Clooney!"

I'm just saying that Sean Penn's dour, morose, super-serious affect makes him a more effective spokesman for political causes, that's all.

This just looks so awful.

It's a tough haul the first time through but it's totally worth it. At first I was thinking that it suffers from "I just made a Best-Picture-Winner"-itis (similar to Unbreakable-style "I just made the biggest hit ever"-itis), where the writer/director indulges every idiosyncrasy because anyone on set who disagrees

There are many other good reasons. Not dissing PSH in the slightest; I'm just saying that his performance is a Bangs gateway drug.

In a perfect world, everyone would have a wise, acerbic, advice-giving Phillip Seymour Hoffman character whom they could reach on the phone when they were depressed.

Joel Hodgson had a standup background and could deliver the jokes (both "in the theater" and direct to camera) with a skill that Mike never could match.

I see your point — the original season was absolutely fantastic — but the main effect of Caruso's departure was to permanently cement Dennis Franz into place as the star of the show and its main character, which I'd argue was a crucial move.

Yeah.

But it's terribly written. The storyline and the dialogue absolutely abandon everything that made the series work as far as the characters' identities, their interactions, and their strengths and weaknesses.

Not only did those eps make Scotty an idiot…Scotty treated the women like idiots, and it was very annoying.

Joel was vastly better.